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Press-boards for cod-liver oil. 



Pine wood; square cuts 1£ inches deep at ends for press uprights. 

 Two feet 6 inches long, 18 inches wide ; made of two boards. 

 Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 57,859. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 Used for pressing oil. Bags filled with blubber or stearine are 

 placed between these in alternate layers, first a board and then 

 a bag. On top of all is a heavy press which squeezes out the 

 oil. 



Oil- sucker, or bung-thief. 



Tin cylinder, cone-shaped bottom ; vent bole and handle at top. 

 Length, 17 inches; diameter, 1?} inches. Gloucester, Mass., 

 1883. 57,8(56. U. S. Fish Commission. Used for transferring 

 oil from one cask to another when the first has been filled too 

 full. 



Oil-dipper. 



Tin. Used with long wooden handle. Capacity, one gallon. Glou- 

 cester, Mass., 1883. 57,808. U. S. Fish Commission. Used for 



dipping oil from kettles. 



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 Oil-bailer. 



Tin dipper, with tin handle. Diameter of bowl, 9£ inches ; depth, 

 4 inches ; length of handle, 6 inches. Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 

 57,809. U. S. Fish Commission. Used for dipping oil. 



Oil- skimmer. 



Tin. Eound handle of tin. Blade 8^ inches wide, handle 6 J in- 

 ches long. Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 57,810 U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. Used for skimming oil. 



series of photographs, 30 by 40 inches, and 8 by 10 inches, 

 illustrating the preparation of fish oil and guano. 



Menhaden oil factory. 



Views of Joseph Church & Co.'s menhaden factory. Tiverton, E. I., 

 1882. Photo. 1,981, south side of building. Photo. 1,981a, 

 duplicate nearer view of south side. Photo. 1,982, west side 

 of building. Photo. 1,982a, west side, more distant view. D. 

 S. Fish Commission. 



Menhaden steamer unloading. 



View of menbaden steamer, Joseph Church, at wharf, just arrived 

 with 500 barrels menhaden, caught off Delaware Breakwater. 

 Photo. 1,990. View of deck, hatches off, showing hold full 

 of fish. Photos. 1,991-4, general view, unloading the fish. 

 Joseph Church & Co.'s factory. Tiverton, Rhode Island, 1882. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. 



